Addis Ababa, 20 October 2014 (WIC) - Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will choose by December an international firm to conduct studies on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD).

In a press conference held in Cairo on Sunday, Egypt’s irrigation minister Hossam Moghazi said this week’s tripartite talks over the dam in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum succeeded in establishing the terms upon which the three countries will choose the firm.

These terms have been sent to seven international consultancy firms, the minister said, which will be invited to Cairo to meet the three countries’ representatives.

The seven firms are from Germany, Switzerland, France, Holland and Australia, according to Sudan’s irrigation minister, Moatez Moussa.
According to Ahram Online, a tripartite technical committee will hold a meeting on 4 December in Khartoum to study the offers and then choose the firm in Addis Ababa on 16 December.